How to Achieve Quick Software Delivery and End User Approval with Functional Test Automation
The pressure to remain competitive often forces the hands of business enterprises to deliver software applications at a faster pace. This can often mean quality assurance is given a pass or just used as an also-ran activity. Experience has shown that such an approach can be disastrous for enterprises, both in the short and long term. Since no customer would countenance a buggy application, compromising the quality of an application can mean committing a harakiri. It is not without reason that Agile and DevOps have come to define methodologies where quality lies at the core of the development process. This is unlike the also-ran activity taking place in a traditional software development environment. Today, organizations invest a lot of money, time, and effort in performing functional tests, thereby ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of the software application. As mentioned earlier, with the adoption of Agile and DevOps environments by enterprises where continuous...